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In the United States military, modafinil has been approved for use on certain Air Force missions, and it is being investigated for other uses. [19] As of November 2012, modafinil is the only drug approved by the Air Force as a "go pill" for fatigue management. [20] The use of dextroamphetamine (a.k.a., Dexedrine) is no longer approved. [20] Yes ...
This page is a list of Russian drugs, or drugs that were developed in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and/or post-Soviet countries.. Many Russian drugs are indicated for enhancing physical, mental, and/or cognitive performance, including drugs described as nootropics or cognitive enhancers, drugs combatting fatigue, so-called adaptogens or actoprotectors, and others.
Use of mind-altering substances in warfare has included drugs used for both relaxation and stimulation. Historically, drug use was often sanctioned and encouraged by militaries through including alcohol and tobacco in troop rations. Stimulants like cocaine and amphetamines were widely used in both World Wars to increase alertness and suppress ...
Drugs Control is tasked with combating drug smuggling and illegal drug use within the Russian Federation. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Security Service, and also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Russian drug investigations ...
On 10 November 2017, the day after Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of stirring up problems for Russian competitors, [100] WADA said in a news release that it had obtained an electronic file that contained "all testing data" from January 2012 to August 2015 – thousands of drug screenings run on Russian competitors.
In 2020, Woodland said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that he was born in 1991 in Russia's Perm region and was adopted by U.S. parents who had to pay $10,000 to do so.
The doctrine lists a variety of military actions, including the “implementation of the global strike concept” and the “intention to place weapons in outer space.” [19] It also states one of the main tasks of the Russian military is to “resist attempts by some states or group of states to achieve military superiority through the ...
In 2020, the murder rate in Russia was 4.7 per 100,000 people, according to Rosstat (the Russian Federal State Statistics Service). [2] According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the homicide rate was 7.3 in 2020 compared to 10.9 in 2016, a significant decrease over the previous 20 years (in 2000, the homicide rate was 28.1), and only slightly higher than the United ...